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Quickpost: Developing for ESP32 with the Arduino IDE

I have a couple of ESP32’s that can also be programmed with the Arduino IDE, provided the necessary board manager is installed:

After starting the IDE

I open the preferences:

And add the board manager URL for the ESP32 (https://dl.espressif.com/dl/package_esp32_index.json):

And via the Tools menu I launch the Boards Manager:

And install the ESP32 board manager:

And then I can select the right board (ESP32 Dev Module):

Then I can connect my ESP32 board to my Windows machine, and it will complain about missing drivers:

I install the CP210x drivers:

Then I can select the right port in the Tools menu:

And now everything is ready to program my ESP32. I will start with the WiFiScan example:

Which can then be compiled and uploaded to the ESP32 board:

Once it is uploaded and running, I can connect to the ESP32 board via the serial monitor:

 

 

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Quickpost: Compiling with Build Tools for Visual Studio 2017

Compiling C/C++ programs with Microsoft’s command-line compilers is possible, even if you don’t have Visual Studio installed. You can do this with the Build Tools for Visual Studio 2017 (a free download).

Go to https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/downloads/ and download the Build Tools:

The downloaded file does not include the build tools, but it’s a stager that will download the necessary build tools. It requires .NET, you might get an error if the proper version is not installed:

Installing the correct .NET framework will fix this problem:

Once this download is completed, you can get to the actual installer where you choose the tools you want:

I selected the Visual C++ build tools, a download of about 1 GB:

Once the build tools are installed, you can open a shell via the start menu:

The C/C++ compiler is invoked with command cl:

As an example, I’m compiling the following program:

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Quickpost: Compiling 32-bit Static ELF Files on Kali

Here I compile EICARgen on Kali Linux to a 32-bit, statically linked Linux executable.

gcc’s option -m32 creates a 32-bit executable on 64-bit Linux.

If you get this error:

then one way to solve it is by installing libc6-dev-i386 (apt install libc6-dev-i386):

Then option -m32 can be used to create a 32-bit executable:

This executable will not run on 64-bit system that don’t have the libraries we just installed. A work-around is to statically link the ELF file with option -static:

 

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